Pettit v Procter & Gamble

United States District Court Northern District of California San Francisco Division

Case No. 3:15-cv-2150 RS

If You Are A Purchaser Of Charmin Freshmates Flushable Wipes Before Between April 6, 2011 And November 26, 2018 You May Be Eligible To Receive Benefits From This Settlement

Please Review the Content of this Website Carefully.

This class action Settlement will resolve two lawsuits against The Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”) involving Charmin Freshmates Flushable Wipes. The lawsuits contend that these wipes were inappropriately marketed as “flushable,” “septic safe,” and “safe for sewer and septic systems.” The lawsuits seek a court order to stop the practices and refund customers a portion of the purchase price. P&G denies these allegations and maintains that the wipes perform as advertised.

In connection with this Settlement, P&G agreed to make changes to the labeling of the wipes. In addition, P&G will provide Class Members a partial cash refund of sixty cents ($0.60) per package purchased, up to $30 per Household with Proof of Purchase, or $4.20 per Household without Proof of Purchase.

The lawyers who brought the lawsuits will ask the Court for up to $2,150,000 to be paid to them by P&G as fees and expenses for investigating the facts, litigating the cases, and negotiating the Settlement. They will additionally ask for $5,000 for one of the Plaintiffs who initially brought these lawsuits, $3,000 for the other three Plaintiffs who initially brought these lawsuits, and $1,000 for the thirteen other Plaintiffs who joined in 2018. These will be requested as Class Representative Payments, to compensate the Plaintiffs for taking on the risks of pursing this litigation and for agreeing to a broader release of claims than other Settlement Class Members.

This website summarizes the proposed Settlement. For the precise terms and conditions of the Settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement available on this website or contact Class Counsel at Gutride Safier LLP, 100 Pine Street, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111.

PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS

Get out of the
lawsuit and the Settlement. This is
the only option that allows you to ever bring or join another lawsuit against
P&G that raises the same legal claims released by this Settlement. You will receive no payment.

Received by

February 28, 2019

OBJECT OR COMMENT

Write to the
Court about why you do or don’t like the Settlement, the amount of attorneys’
fees, or the payments to the Plaintiffs.

Received by

February 28, 2019

GO TO THE HEARING

Speak in
Court about the fairness of the Settlement, the amount of attorney’s fees, or
the payments to the Plaintiffs.

March 28, 2019

At 1:30 PM

DO NOTHING

You will receive
no payment and have no right to sue later for the claims released by the
Settlement.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained on this website.

The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. Payments will be made if the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved. Please be patient.

Final Approval Hearing

On March 28, 2019, at 1:30 p.m., the Court will hold a hearing to determine (1) whether the proposed Settlement is fair, reasonable, adequate and should receive final approval; (2) whether the applications for attorneys’ fees, costs, and/or expenses brought by the Class Counsel should be granted; and (3) whether the application for Class Representative Payments to the Plaintiffs who brought the lawsuit should be granted. The hearing will be held at the United States District Court, Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, Courtroom 3, before the Honorable Richard Seeborg. This hearing date may change without further notice to you. Consult this Settlement Website, or the Court docket in this case at https://pacer.login.uscourts.gov/ (perform a case number query using case number 3:15-cv-02150-RS), for updated information on the hearing date and time.

This website is authorized by the Court, supervised by counsel and controlled by the Claim Administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized website for this case.